Private Schools Guide Victoria 2019
A guide detailing private, catholic and independent schools throughout Victoria, Australia.
A guide detailing private, catholic and independent schools throughout Victoria, Australia.
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MELBOURNE METRO<br />
P. 29<br />
Tel: 03 9854 5411<br />
Discover<br />
Xavier<br />
College<br />
Xavier is one of the few Colleges to offer<br />
a genuine three-tiered education that<br />
emphasises high-performance in every<br />
field, across three distinct campuses,<br />
in both co-educational and boys-only<br />
environments.<br />
To book a tour please visit<br />
xavier.vic.edu.au/tours<br />
YEARS: 3 year old to Year 12<br />
AFFILIATION: Catholic<br />
Senior Campus<br />
135 Barkers Road Kew<br />
Kostka Hall Campus<br />
47 South Road Brighton<br />
Burke Hall Campus<br />
Studley Park Road Kew<br />
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XAVIER COLLEGE<br />
Xavier College is a Catholic school founded by the Society of Jesus<br />
(the Jesuits). Its guiding principles are based on the vision and<br />
teachings of St Ignatius of Loyola.<br />
The College fi rst opened on Barkers Road in 1878 and to this day<br />
enlightens generations of fi ne young men and women. Home to the<br />
iconic Xavier Memorial Chapel, the Senior Campus is a culmination<br />
of modern innovation and rich historical preservation.<br />
Two further locations, Burke Hall Campus in Kew and Kostka Hall<br />
Campus in Brighton, accommodate Xavier’s Early and Middle<br />
Years students.<br />
Xavier College enrols both girls and boys up until Year 4 and offers a<br />
boys-only environment from Year 5 through to Year 12.<br />
Boarding has been a part of the College since it fi rst opened its<br />
doors over 140 years ago. The boarding house is located at the<br />
very heart of the Senior Campus, meaning that students are fully<br />
engaged with College life.<br />
Embedded within the philosophy of a Jesuit education is a<br />
commitment to service. The Ignatian Service program encourages<br />
students to be ‘Men and Women for Others’. Students at Xavier<br />
are continuously encouraged to utilise their God-given gifts to be of<br />
service to the community.<br />
Xavier College is a high performing academic school and has been<br />
consistently ranked within the top secondary schools in the state.<br />
Students are supported in an environment where they can fl ourish<br />
and passionately pursue excellence in all things.<br />
Alongside traditional curriculum offerings, broad opportunities exist<br />
for the education of the whole person, which is central to a Jesuit<br />
education. Students are afforded opportunities to travel overseas on<br />
a range of language, music, leadership, faith and service tours.<br />
As a Jesuit school, Xavier College strives to embrace innovative ways<br />
of teaching and learning. Principal Mr William Doherty says that in<br />
order to prepare for the future, we must continually discern and refl ect<br />
on our reality.<br />
“While Xavier has been educating children in Melbourne for 140<br />
years, it is our capacity to continue to ask the questions pertinent to<br />
our modern world, to pursue excellence in the present, and to discern<br />
both truth and innovation to serve the needs of others into the future,”<br />
he said.<br />
“The College actively seeks to collaborate with world-credentialed<br />
programs, tertiary institutions and other learning systems to positively<br />
inform our practice, inspire our learning and learners, nurture<br />
their wellbeing and fi re their imagination to create, connect and<br />
communicate, and to make a difference in their world”.<br />
Xavier College offers Digital Technologies classes from the Early Years<br />
through to VCE. An established STEM program, including a tour to<br />
NASA in the US last year, provides students with the opportunity to<br />
learn practical skills and knowledge through coding and robotics.<br />
To help students plan for the future, a comprehensive careers program<br />
provides guidance, counselling and tertiary information. In Year 10, all<br />
students undergo career aptitude testing to help them make more<br />
informed subject choices moving into VCE.<br />
Inherent to Xavier is the importance of serving and contributing to<br />
the wider community. Students care for others in aged care facilities,<br />
specialist schools and charity organisations through the Ignatian<br />
Service program, working towards creating a better future for those<br />
living on the margins. After students leave the College, they are<br />
encouraged to continue their volunteer work through the Xavier Social<br />
Justice Network.<br />
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